Quiz review Name __________________________

Greek mythology and comma usage Block ________

Part one: Greek mythology review.

Use your reading question packets and mythology book to answer the following questions.

1. Define immortal: Undying______________________________________

2. Who were the original father and mother of earth? Uranus and Gaea

3. Why did Gaea want her children to overtake Uranus? Uranus mistreated their children

4. What was the universe called when Cronus ruled? The Golden Age

5. How did Zeus escape Cronus? Rhea hid Zeus and fed a stone to Cronus

6. Why might there be different spellings of the names of gods/goddesses? Myths were shared

orally before being written down

7. What was a major purpose of myths? To explain natural phenomena

8. How does Metis, Zeus’ first wife, help Zeus? She tricks Cronus into eating an herb that makes

him vomit up Zeus’ brothers and sisters

9. Who raised Zeus? Amaltheia the fairy goat and nymphs

10. Describe Typhon: 100 heads, venom flowing from eyes, lava flowing from mouths

11. What did the Cyclops build for the gods after the battle between Zeus and the Titans ended? A

palace on Mount Olympus

12. Who is Iris and what natural phenomenon does she cause? She is a messenger goddess, and she

causes rainbows.

13. Which god/goddess does NOT sit on Mount Olympus? Hades

Part two: Comma usage.

Place commas in the appropriate places.

1. When I go to high school, I will earn all A’s.

2. My teacher said, “You are so smart!”

3. I found all of the comma usage rules in my neat, organized binder.

4. Is our independent reading project due on Thursday, March 12?

5. I will need my book, a computer, and markers to complete the project.

6. First, I will read the book.

7. Well, I have already finished reading.

8. My novel, a science fiction book, is really interesting.

9. The assignment, of course, is required.